G4242 πρεσβεία
presbeía — seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors)
KJV: ambassage, message
Derived from πρεσβεύω presbeúō (to be a senior)
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Luke 14:32 — Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
- Luke 19:14 — But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’
- 2 Maccabees 4:11 — Setting aside the royal ordinances of special favor to the Jews, granted by the means of John the father of Eupolemus…